Protection Engineer - Site Supervision

Job Overview

The Protection Site Engineer will oversee the supervision, testing, commissioning, and upkeep of protection systems in substations, power plants, and transmission/distribution grids. This position guarantees the dependable functioning of protection schemes while ensuring adherence to standards and safe execution of onsite activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate contractor design drawings and approve designs accordingly.
• Review inspection and testing procedures, FAT/SAT formats, and method statements.
• Validate relay setting calculations for both existing and newly installed protection devices.
• Perform adequacy assessments on current and voltage transformer calculations.
• Oversee testing and commissioning of all protection equipment, ensuring protection and control philosophies are implemented per client specifications at site.
• Demonstrate expertise with protection devices from leading manufacturers including Siemens, GE (Alstom), and ABB; assist in implementing critical protection schemes such as Cable Differential/Distance, Transformer Differential & REF, Busbar Differential (both Low and High Impedance), and Reactor Differential.
• Confirm that all protection and control signals integrate correctly with substation SCADA (IEC61850) and National Control Centre (IEC104) systems.
• Supervise testing of Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) schemes for Transformer and Reactor units.
• Verify protection and control schematics comply with protection requirements.
• Troubleshoot protection and control faults within substations and propose corrective measures to clients.
• Scrutinize contractor-submitted method statements to ensure safe and reliable protection stability testing of Cable, Transformer, Reactor, and Busbar components.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Power Engineering or an equivalent qualification.
• At least 6 years of relevant experience in protection and control engineering related to substations, transmission & distribution networks, or power plants.
• Proficient in working with protection relays from Siemens, ABB, GE, Schneider, SEL, among others.
• In-depth understanding of relay coordination, fault analysis, and power system protection schemes including distance, differential, and overcurrent protection.
• Experience using testing instruments such as Omicron, Doble, and Megger.
• Comprehensive knowledge of IEC, IEEE, and local utility standards.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities along with excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Effective communication skills combined with site management expertise.

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